My item is indicated as sold for apparent phisher

[vgr-6490]

My item is indicated as sold and I am prompted to send an invoice to buyer while I received a message from buyer of apparent phishing nature asking me to text to his/her phone number or drop my phone number to him/her. So the situation is like this - ebay considers the item sold and advises that I can cancel the order for non-payment after a certain time and I know that this is a scam and can not relist the item before that date. What should I do? How can I inform ebay about the "buyer'" phishing attempt?

[femmefan1946]

Ignore the scammer.

EBay sends the actual buyer an invoice, you don't need to.

If the buyer does not pay after 96 hours, eBay will cancel* the transaction.

The item may also automatically relist, but I am not confident of that.  (Also as a new seller, you have restrictions on the number and value of listings you can make each month.)

Keep all communication within the eBay Messages platform. Texting is a strong indication of a scammer.

*A Cancellation for Unpaid gives the deadbeat a Strike. You can set up your Seller preferences or Buyer Requirements to automatically Block bidders with Strikes.

[vgr-6490]

Do I understand it right that every time I list new item any scammer can pretend buying it and therefore the item will be on hold as "sold" while actually being not? Is there any way I can inform Ebay of receiving a phishing message from such "buyer" so that Ebay can change item's status from "sold" back to active listing?